I got this buffet for free on Facebook market place and oh it needed quite a bit of work!
The glass sliding doors weren’t exactly sliding, big chunks of veneer missing from the sides and it had a million layers of paint.
And the cherry on top was this smell that tells you how old this buffet was (I tell you at the end of this how I got rid of it)!
Here is how and what I used for this makeover :
Cleaned the piece really well using Selley’s sugar soap. I then got to sanding using my Ryobi orbital sander and look what I found!
Layers and layers of paint, so I continued sanding until I got to the bare wood.
Tip: if you want to up-cycle a piece of furniture that was unprofessionally painted, you’d want to remove all the old paint so your new paint can adhere well to the surface.
Once that was done, I filled up all the gouges caused by the missing veneer using Timber are’s wood filler, waited for it to dry and sanded it smooth.
I then primed the entire piece using British paints 4 in 1 primer followed by 3 coats of that beautiful burnt orange colour by Pureco.
for the legs, I used Rust-Oleum spray paint in black and White-knight spray paint in gold.
for the shelves, I used this herringbone adhesive paper from Bunnings (by Boyle), attached the new hardware and there you have it ✨
And to remove the bad smell, which was predominantly in the drawers, I wiped the insides with vinegar, let it dry in the sun and conditioned all the exposed wood with Gilly's Carnauba polish which smells AMAZING!
